Promoting Ecological Sanitation in Kenya - Part 1/4

This project has been financed by EU, SIDA and GTZ (BMZ). It has been implemented by the EcoSan Promotion Project of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) in 2007 to 2010. More than 800 toilets, so called Urine Diversion Dehydration Toilets (UDDTs) were constructed with CBOs and beneficiaries at households and at schools in rural and peri-urban areas. A different technology called pour-flush toilets in combination with Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Systems (DEWATS) was constructed in 7 schools and at 3 public places. 5 more public toilets are currently under construction by the Kenyan water sector institutions lead by the Water Services Trust Fund and various Water Services Boards. Part 1 of 4.

More information is written up in a SuSanA case study, see here under Kenya: http://www.susana.org/lang-en/case-studies/region/ssa

For further information please contact:
patrick.onyango@gtz-wsrp.or.ke
christian.rieck@gtz.de

or visit:
www.gtz.de/ecosan
www.susana.org/case-studies

This video is footage of a documentary which has been produced by:
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Vital Link Production Limited,
P.O. Box 4286-00506 Nairobi,
email vitalinkco@gmail.com,
tel 0722909422/0722349599.

The full documentary has been broadcast at Kenyan national TV stations:
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1.Citizen TV station Kenya
2.KTN TV station

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• ecosan
• sustainable sanitation
• ecological
• biogas
• fertiliser
• kenya
• africa
• gtz

[Tkdrum85]

"...and this methane, which we also call biogas" Not entirely true. Biogas is produced from the anaerobic digestion process. However, it is not pure CH4; ca. 50-60% of the "biogas" is actually CH4. It is important not to confuse the two terms as the same.

[susanavideos]

@Tkdrum85 very true. Thanks for the comment. In such a promotion video such terms are usually simplified for the sack of better understanding by the audience. Cheers CR

[Tkdrum85]

What happens with the residual sludge from the biogas settler and the anaerobic baffle reactor? Is it used as compost? Or is the heavy metal content too high to be used for food production?